Prompt VA benefits plummet under Obama

At a majority of the regional offices – including Los Angeles – the VA employs fewer people than it did two years ago, according to the VA’s internal documents. The San Diego office has 68 more workers than it did in September 2010.

“You have a workforce that is completely burnt out, and there is no help in sight,” said Darren Foster, a Gulf War veteran who worked for the VA for 15 years before leaving in October. He now processes workers’ compensation claims for the Labor Department, in an office that he says is more efficient and better managed.

“It was a hard decision to leave,” Foster said. “I love helping veterans. But I just couldn’t do it anymore.”